May 9, 2008

Design Matters ‘flips’ homes to shorten time on market

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LOUISVILLE – Helly Duncan’s surge in revenues may be due, in part, to the economic downturn.

She revived Design Matters, her interior design and home-staging business, two years ago and has since experienced a large increase in business. Duncan’s innate ability to quickly flip the interior of a home appeals to home sellers who are hoping to quickly attract a buyer or are attempting to stave off foreclosure.

Design Matters posted revenues of $11,792 in 2005 and improved to $96,036 in 2007, a 714 percent increase. Design Matters is the No. 3 fastest-growing private company with revenues less than $2 million on…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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